Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENTV OFFICE.

1). B. -LUOKEY, OF BLOOMINGBURG, ASSIGNOR TO D. B. LUOKEY, OF SAME PLACE, AND S. S. BOARDMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,259, dated September 13, 1864.

To all lwhom it may concern:

l Be it known that I, D. B. LUCKEY, of Bloomingburg, in the county of Sullivan/and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain and Grass Harvesters and I do hereby declare'that the i'oliowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view ot' my invention, the cutter-bar being in section, as indicated by the line fr x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a front sectional view of the same, taken in the line-y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts.

This invention relates to a new and im proved grain and grass harvesting machine of that class in which the cutter-bar is connected to the machine by a joint to admit of the Glitterbar rising and falling freely to conform to the inequalities of surface over which it may pass, and also to admit of its being turned up out of the way when the machine is not in use or when it is being drawn from place to place.

The object of the 'invention is to obtain a grain and grass harvester of the class'specitied which will be strong and durable, admit of the cutter-bar working freely to conform to the undulating surface of the ground, and which will also admit of the guards and front edge of the cutter-bar risingin case of meeting with any obstruction, so that it may readily pass over it.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted upon an axle, B, having a wheel, O, upon each end of it.

D is the driver-s seat, placed upon a sup'- port, a, which is secured to the framing.

E E' are two pendants, which extend downward in a slightly-oblique position from'a longitudinal bar, b, of the framing, one pendant being a short distance in front oi' the other, as shown clearly in Fig. l.

To the rear cross-bar, c, of the l'rame A, at

its right-hand end, there is attached a pendant, F. This pendant is at the outer side of the right-hand wheel O, and it is provided at its lower end with a tube, d, in which a small shaft, G, is placed and allowed to turn freely. To the front end of this shaft G a rod, H, is

| connected by a universal joint, e, which may be formed simply ot' two eyes or links fitted onewithinthe other, and the frontend ofthe rod H is connected by ajoint,f, with the rear part of a shoe, I, saidjointf admitting of the shoe working up and down or vertically.

To the shoe l the cutter-bar J is attached at rightangles, and the shoe is connected tothe pendants E E' by means ot' rods K K', pins g passing through vthe rods and through lugs It,

is fitted in the rear pendant, E', by means of a pin, t, forming an ordinary joint; but the front rod, K, is secured in the front pendant, E, by means of a pin,j, passing through an oblong slot, k, to admit ol' a certain degree of play ot' said pin, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 2. The pin j has a light rod, L, connected to it, the outer end of which is attached to the left-hand side ofthe framing A. The shoe I is connected by a chain, M, to a segment, N, the latter being on a shaft, O, at the front part of the framing, and the former provided with a lever, P, by actuating which the shoe and 4cutter-bar may be raised above the surface of the ground when desired.

From the above description it will be seen that the cutter-bar i's braced in a thorough manner, the rods H K K' tirmly holding the shoe in position, while they admit ot' the following important results, viz: first, ofthe cut equalities ot' the'surface ot' the ground over which it may pass; second, ot' the cutter-bar being turned upward in a vertical position when the machine is being drawn from place to place; and, third, in allowing the front part of the shoe and cutter-bar to rise, in order that it may pass over obstructions. This latter movement, it will be seen, is allowed in consequence of the pin j of the front rod, K, workl ing in the oblong slot 7c of the front pendant, E. The two rstdescribed movements have been previously obtained; but the cutter-bar has not been well braced, and the machines are liable to give away. In consequence of having two rods, K K', attached to the shoe the latter is prevented from beingswayed laterally either to the rightor left, while the rod H serves as an eectual stay at the rear of the shoe and without at all interfering with the on the shoe to form joints. The rear rod, K', y

ter-bar rising and falling to conform to the in- Y novements of the shoe and cutter-bar. The l ing, d, at the lower end of a pendant, F, at the yod L prevents the pinj from binding in the alot 7c of the pendant E, thereby obviating riction and admitting of a free vertical play )f the outer end ofthe rod K. s

I would remark that a spring, Q, may be atached to the back part of the shoe I, to bear ipon the rod H and prevent an unnecessary shaking of the front part of the sho'e and cutier-bar.

I would further remark that I do not conlne myself to the use of two rods, K K', for more may be employed if necessary or desired, al=

rear of the frame A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The connecting of the shoe I to the frame by means of two or more rods, K K,"`one or more of which is allowed a vertical play at its outer end by having its pinj tted in an oblong slot, k, in the pendant in which it is seslots.

. D. B. LUCKEY. Witnesses M. M. LiVINGsToN, GEO. W. REED. 

